25 November 2012

Autumn in Southern California trundles on through foggy mornings and warm, sunny afternoons. In recent weeks friends, colleagues, and clients have approached me for counsel, dejection and despair practically written on their face. I just smile and tell them: "That hissing sound is the American soufflé, collapsing." It is exhausting trying to help them. I struggle to find the soothing words, for I do not share their feelings. For me, this is a time to rejoice. I am grateful, as you should be, for having been born at such a momentous time. We are entering a new era, one that holds many promises for us. As we have said before, the slow, undulating decline will present in coming years many opportunities to act. We should be prepared for it. Mindset matters. Attitude is key. I would encourage my comrades to find a new way of interacting with the world. Develop and implement a system of non-conformism, resistance, dissidence, and the thought-patterns of the insurgent. Adopt the attitude of the Corsair, the Privateer, the Condottiero, the Hajduk. We must become commandos operating behind enemy lines, privateers embarking upon a new voyage from which we know there is no return, striking suddenly and hard from oblique angles, fueled by private initiative and driven by the spirit of technique. No apologies, no regrets, no remorse. As our Italian comrade has written:

Admiral:I enjoy your blog and share more than a few of your political beliefs. While I agree we must head into this next "great unknown" era with cunning and confidence; I'm a bit lacking on specifics. Can you share any of the precise steps you are taking for the next few years?

This sound more of a political call to arms rather than an adjustment to financial ups and downs. If so, Laguna seems hardly the place for a insurrection. Actually, when you think about it, there is no place in America for such actions as The Boston Tea Party. The local 'greenies' here in Laguna would have you arrested for endangering marine habitat. The American dream is over. The greatest generation is mostly dead. An islam conversion doesn't seem as radical as it once did. At lease you would know where one stood as opposed to the politically correct never-never land we live in now. Just dumb thoughts from your observations.